Significance of digital and numeric (prolegomena to D. V. Pivovarov's symphonica)

Abstract

Foundations of a new methodology for tolerant dispute proposed by Professor D. V. Pivovarov (1943-2016) are studied in the article. The purpose of the study is to clarify the essence of the concept of "symphonica"proposed by D. V. Pivovarov as a medium in the dialogue of secular and religion scholars. A distinction between "digital"and "numerical"mathematics is made based on Pythagoras, A. Comte, I. Kant and E. Husserl's teachings. It is proved that the positivist understanding of mathematics does not imply the meaning of numbers, whereas "numerical"mathematics only provides access to the "supratemporal realm of meanings"studied by phenomenology. In the present paper D. V. Pivovarov's "symphonica"is understood as a form of "inter-phenomenology"that ensures equal access to the ultimate phenomenological grounds of religions, philosophical systems and scientific theories. © Siberian Federal University. All rights reserved.